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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1932
Page
8
An old time scorecard recalls Coburnville visiting Sudbury for a late season baseball game. The Coburnville nine faced Sudbury’s infield and pitching while Sudbury’s outfield struggled, yielding runs as Mercury and “Tim” contributed. Headlines celebrate Coburnville’s win and notable fielding.
Deposit book number lost. Payment details for J. W. Ballou, assistant manager, July 27 August 8 10. Public notice seeks recovery or reporting to authorities.
Public notice of HTGAGEE S sale of real estate under a mortgage from Stefan Makreckis to the Institution for Savings dated 1924 and recorded Middlesex South District. Auction set for Saturday August 27 1982 in the forenoon at the described premises on Oak Street Maynard. Purchaser pays taxes and costs. balance due ten days after sale.
Clara Newton asks Marlborough readers to locate the site of Richard Newton’s mansion built after he emigrated from Sudbury England in 1639. The property moved from Sudbury to Southborough then to Marlborough, with descendants of the Newton family tied to the home for centuries.
West Acton notes report Webster Blanchard and Mrs Blanchard leaving with friends for camping at Five Islands Cape. Their son Richard will host grandparents Mr and Mrs Clifford Stearns while they are away. Mr and Mrs George Darrah visitors from Lowell. Mrs Myra Cummings hosts daughter and husband Mr and Mrs George Clarkson from Philadelphia on vacation.
Nick sovre of Worcester sues the city for 100 dollars after firefighters battling a nearby blaze trampled his garden, ruining cabbages beans and peas. The claim notes the garden was well tended before the incident.
Notice that State Street Trust Company executors for William Wheeler late of Glencorl Middlesex County deceased have taken on the trust. Creditors and debtors must present demands or make payments to 58 State Street Boston Mass. Dates listed July 22 1932 and August 10 17 21 by executors Fannie Eleanor Wheeler George M Weed and William R Herlihy Trust Office.
Marlboro Massachusetts will host an annual outing of the Department Sons of Union Veterans and the Department Auxiliary at the Stow Country Club. An all day program of sports games and festivities ends with a full course dinner at 6 pm. About one thousand attendees are expected with contests in golf tennis swimming and more. A Hudson Northboro Plymouth Camp team will compete in events and a Marlboro Boy Scouts band will perform under Frank Av Warner. Wilfred H Libbey chairs the arrangements with Mrs Ethel E Taylor Edwin Wheeler and Lloyd Warren among other members.
U S production of shoes rose 4.3 percent in June from May, totaling 23,463,176 pairs to 22,497,048. All classes except part leather and part fabric footwear rose, with New England supplying 66,817,050 pairs (37.9 percent) of the national total. Massachusetts produced 36,765,241 pairs (24.5 percent), New York 31,542,226 (21 percent), and Missouri 17,180,295 (11.4 percent).
Prominent American tennis star Bill Tilden at Bel River Beach Club Plymouth voice doubts about recapturing the Davis Cup next year. He suggested England may be the better choice, citing diplomatic tennis relations and the strength of the British squad. He and teammates head north on an exhibition tour with Barnstormers of seaside resorts.
At the First Parish Meeting House Rev Channing Brown will preach A Church With Wingy at 11 a m An ancestors Sunday observance is set for September 18 with a box luncheon Friends invited to arrive early A 2 pm service on church land or western Henry Wilson of Littleton Mass and Fisherman’s Island Maine will preach Life and Death in the Church The Unitarian church choir in Marlboro will provide music directed by Mrs Jean Wood Lynch
Miss Evelyn Davis and Miss Hester Kendrick of Bedford are spending a few days in Washington and are guests at the Downe Hotel during their visit.
The Harvard baseball team is set to play the South Actons at Jones Field on Sunday August 414% at 3 o clock. Mrs Sarah Barnsdale of Swarthmore Penna is visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs George BE Green- John M Hough of Brandon Vermont spent the past week with his son Superintendent John F Hough. Mrs Harry B Morse returned home Sunday from Providence R I. Donald H Currier was taken to Henderson hospital early on for an operation Goward of the A A left for Digby Nova Scotia for a visit with relatives.
West Acton residents report visitors from Pennsylvania Montana and Boxboro. Mrs Leslie Stuart returned from a two month Montana trip. Miss Ella Bixby visited town last Thursday. Hazel C Beach and friends camped at Lake Winnipesaukee NH. A silver tea and food sale by the West Acton church Ladies Circle is set for August 1 at 2 30 p m. Mr and Mrs W B Holt drove to Hampton Beach with Mrs Gertrude Leighton joining for a seaside vacation.
Schedule of events for West Acton Woman's Club includes Guest Nights on November 14 with speaker Annie Tilling hast and soloist Harold Merriam, December 12 Guest Afternoon with Esther Snow, and a May 9 May Break Program. Recitals, lectures, and special music feature throughout the season with Boy and Girl Scout troop participation.
Mr and Mrs James H Powers and family return home to Center after a brief Nantucket visit. The Highway Department repaired Good and Hill roads with a steam roller, easing travel for residents. Goodnow remains in Framingham hospital recovering from an operation.
The town shows keen interest in opening its finances as baseball draws attention. Fire Department drills under Capt Way and Lt Bradshaw proceed with pay checks distributed by Chief Daveson. Notables include Mr Goodnow recovering from appendicitis connected to New York Basin Electric, and Mr and Mrs Stilex returning from France after seven European stops.
Washington reports Seth Gordon of the American Game Association urges 15 000 000 fishermen and hunters to pledge candidates to wildlife restoration before elections. He notes 40 states will have legislative sessions and 435 House members plus one third of the Senate are up for election, urging bi partisan support for game and fish restoration.
Beverly Hills letters praise the National Pictorial Association editors from small towns and weeklies. The writer claims country newspapers are intelligent, well read, and powerful, more so than many daily papers, urging readers to value local journalism.
Gordon warns against groups in power who hide actions behind anonymity and social acceptability to approach young women. He cautions that dancers face risk from thieves and predators seeking opportunities under cloak of secrecy and public forms.
The Marlboro Rotary Club holds its regular meeting tomorrow at noon at the Black and White Inn. President Charles A. Bowman will preside.
A riot at the swimming stadium leads to the Brazil water polo team being disqualified from further Olympic competition after protesters clash with referee Albert Konrad of Hungary. The decision comes as the United States adds to its unofficial lead with new Olympic champions Helene Madison and Mickey Risovoj.
A local band concert at the Center drew popular attendance this year and organizers plan another performance by the same Marlboro group next Tuesday night with music on the program.
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